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A blind athlete who suffered a serious spinal injury in a 25-foot fall from a window in a friends' house has successfully won a claim for compensation. Mark Pollock, 39, originally from Co Down in Northern Ireland, took Enda and Madeline Cahill, of Oxfordshire, to court after he suffered a life-alte

Mr Justice Donal O'Donnell A judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland has said the lack of a "legislative response" to long-standing difficulties with the defence of provocation is "dispiriting".

Northern Ireland's next Victims' Commissioner will be announced in the next few days, according to the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister. The post has been vacant for over a year.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan The Government of Ireland has admitted to compiling intelligence about suspected Islamic extremists living in the country.

The UK Supreme Court has refused an application by a budget airline to challenge a Court of Appeal ruling in a case relating to a dispute over its minority stake in a another carrier. The Competition and Markets Authority – previously the Competition Commission (CC) – had directed Ryanair to red

The UK Supreme Court has refused an application by a budget airline to challenge a Court of Appeal ruling in a case relating to a dispute over its minority stake in a another carrier. The Competition and Markets Authority – previously the Competition Commission (CC) – had directed Ryanair to red

Local policing chief inspector Robert Murdie Police in Belfast have called on "the support of the community" to put a stop to pre-arranged fights between young people.

Senator Mark Daly Senator Mark Daly sparked a row in Seanad Éireann as he called for gender quotas among judges in order to tackle their "unfair bias" towards survivors of sexual assault.

Three men have been convicted of planning to murder two former leaders of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) in Scotland. A nine-week trial at the High Court in Glasgow ended with convictions for Antoin Duffy, 39, his cousin Martin Hughes, 36, and Paul Sands, 32.

David Ford MLA Northern Ireland's justice minister David Ford has condemned the orchestrators of a "cynical" bombing plot in Co Armagh.

Garda commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan An Garda Síochána targeted over 600 organised crime gangs, investigated over 9,000 missing persons cases, and issued over 200,000 penalty-point notices in 2014, according to a new report.

Kevin Humphreys TD Ireland's Gender Recognition Bill has passed through both Houses of the Oireachtas and is due to be signed into law by President Michael D. Higgins this week.

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has expressed concerns about the use of children by gangs who are smuggling drugs and contraband into prison. The agency has launched a new confidential phone line following reports that criminal gangs are inserting drugs into children in order to smuggle them through

A woman who was trafficked into Ireland and forced into sex work at the age of 14 has brought a High Court challenge to win backdated child benefit for her daughter. She says that her daughter, who was born in Ireland and has since been recognised as a refugee, was a refugee from birth and the child

A woman who was trafficked into Ireland and forced into sex work at the age of 14 has brought a High Court challenge to win backdated child benefit for her daughter. She says that her daughter, who was born in Ireland and has since been recognised as a refugee, was a refugee from birth and the child